The Tickle Book: With Pop-up Surprises (Tom and Bear) Flexibound – Pop up, 5 May 2006

Bought for my cousin's, 2 years and 5 years. Something in the book for each of them. Both loved the book, their parents tickled and played with them throughout and both kids loved it. Lovely illustrations as well.

I bought this book for my 3 year old son(now 4). He loved the book as he opened it. Even my daughter 1.5 year now loves it. The colors and characters are nice and vibrant. The hidden characters are really popular with my kids. They love opening the tabs. They laugh and start tickling each other as soon as the tickle monster pops out.The book rhymes really nicely. 'Knock knock are you tickly' 'No I am prickly' are my son's favorite lines.He says he loves this book soooo much.I would recommend this book to all parents who are looking forward to spending some fun reading time with their todslers/infant. its a good buy for the early learners. Does make them love books more ( which was my objective when buying this book) . My son is quiet a story teller now and i think this book has helped into making him one:)

beautifully illustrated so much to see, in fact i see new stuff every time i read to our toddler. In addition she loves all the lift the flaps and moveable pictures, really captures her attention, and is now an avid reader and i do feel this series of books have really helped encourage curiosity in books and exploring them, so while the heavier tomes of shakespear may be a way of yet i am hopeful that these books will encorage a life long love of books, in the mean time the ticklemonster rules, and its a lovely way of spending time with your children that doesn't involve the TV or Computer games. I would add that if your little one is very excitable and inevitabley very heavy handed they are in danger of damaging the pull tabs that move some of the characters, but it is a heavish card book but even card has its limits! it is a small critisim but just be aware.

I’d been looking for a pop-up book for my daughter for a while and this one is lovely. As well as pop-ups it has lift-the-flaps, pull tabs and wheels to turn too.My daughter is 2 years old and loved this from the start. It follows the tickle monster and each scene shows something children will probably recognise, such as the zoo or the farm. My daughter loves the pop ups, but the pull tabs especially have been a hit – especially the two penguins on the zoo scene who chase each other. I think she would sit and play with that all day!As well as all the fun parts, there is also a story to the book. It rhymes and has a good flow which makes it easy to read.I bought the flexibound version and found that it isn’t very sturdy, especially for a heavy handed 2 year old. I realised quickly that if I left my little girl alone with this, it was quickly going to get ripped, which is the only negative.

I bought this book for my 18 month old because he was starting to get to an age where he needed a bit more than just a baby board book, but wasn't quite ready for a toddler book. I am so glad I bought it because he absolutely loves it, each page provides so much stimulation and fun, and the anticipation of the Ticklemonster keeps him on tenterhooks! I agree with some of the reviews here that the pull-out tabs are fragile and can easily be torn by small fingers, but to make them more robust may make it too hard for babies to move them on their own which my little boy wants to do. However, due to his tender age he is still a bit rough so I have to keep it on the top shelf for supervised reading, but I think it makes it all the more exciting for the little one as it is a treat! The excitement when I say we can read the Tickle Book!!

Grandson loves this favourite book and he can manage to look through it on his own.

3 year old had this as a present and really enjoyed it .It was his favourite present and kept going back to it and wanted to go through it many times .Really good .

Really enjoyed reading the book with my 2 year old nephew